Rommel's Treasure
| "Rommel's Treasure" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 6 Episode: 6 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
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| Recording Number | TLO 88977 |
| First broadcast | 25 October 1955 |
| Running time | 32:00 |
Rommel's Treasure (announced as The Search for Rommel's Treasure) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the sixth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 23 October 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 25 October 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.
The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 7.30pm, 29 October 1955, on the Light Programme. It was listened to by 2.3 million. The next repeat was 27 years later on Sunday 4 July 1982, at 12.00 noon on Radio 4 in Smash of the Day).
Transcription Service Synopsis
The scene is the Libyan Desert, during World War Two, and Rommel is about to retreat in order to let the British win ('It's a shame to disappoint them after all the trouble they've been to'), but first he must bury his treasure. This he does with the help of the only man he can trust – Captain Moriarty. Five years after the war Moriarty returns to the desert to seek the treasure…
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Charmaine (Erno Rapee / Lew Pollack)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson (music) / Gus Kahn (lyrics))
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 88977 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
The original tape no longer exists, and the show included on Compendium Vol 3 was compiled from the TGS master tape, the POTG master tape and a domestic tape recording.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
